Category: Europe

Did Putin “Vote” for Biden?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: After four years of supporting Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to curry favour with Joe Biden days before the US presidential election. He did this despite Biden’s sharp anti-Russian rhetoric...

Erdoğan as Merkel’s Protégé

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Turkey’s relations with Germany have always been privileged, but Angela Merkel took that relationship even further by treating Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as a protégé in the international arena. Their relationship strengthened in...

The Belarusian Tug Of War

“I have done this for the well-being of my children”, said Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya after she fled from Belarus to avoid the government crackdown and crossed over the border into Lithuania. She was the main...

A Recipe For The War

There is a widespread view that Germany’s policy towards Bosnia-Herzegovina has always been friendly. Also, such a policy stimulated the European Union to adopt a positive approach to the Bosnian quest to eventually become...